ROADBLOCKED Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

roadblocked

verb

past tense of roadblock

as in blocked

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The redrawn map lawmakers passed last September, which carves up Kansas City into three separate Republican-leaning districts, remains blocked by court order.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
The extra point attempt was blocked, allowing Weatherford to maintain a slim 7-6 advantage.

— Gavin Vieck, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026

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The airport had been barricaded, and the NTSB investigators had to show badges to police officers with long guns to pass through.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
The shooting prompted a major law enforcement response on nearby Highway 50, where a vehicle was stopped and a person was reportedly barricaded inside, officials said.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

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Left unhandled, each one turns into a person fixing an issue or an order getting delayed.

— Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Despite rising infant deaths tied to Lucy Letby’s shifts, hospital leaders delayed suspending her and calling police, allowing further attacks before her eventual arrest and conviction.

— Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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During what became known as the Timber Wars of the late 1980s and 1990s, activists occupied giant redwoods, chained themselves to logging equipment and blockaded roads across California, Oregon and Washington.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
France About 50 fishermen blockaded a major fuel depot in the coastal southern French town of Fos-sur-Mer on Tuesday, in part to protest rising fuel prices, according to CNN affiliate BFMTV.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026

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Dasha Ramírez, now 9, still remembers the day armed, uniformed Border Patrol agents arrested her family, her mother, Noemi Chavez, told the Tribune.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Federal authorities have arrested and sought to deport pro-Palestinian activists, actions that judges have deemed a First Amendment violation.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

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Meanwhile, France’s economy has been mired in low economic growth in recent years, while the AI boom is turbocharging America’s GDP.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
His forces are failing to make significant headway on the ground in Ukraine, and the United States is mired in its own draining stalemate with Iran.

— Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

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Tallman — who has retained an attorney and is researching his litigation options against Sanders and Drastic Measures — is still in the industry as well.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Over the last four cycles, the Olympic roster has retained about 70 percent of the previous World Cup roster, but that doesn’t take into account some last-minute changes and unexpected injuries so the true retention rate is even a bit higher.

— Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of retained

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An advisory remains in place for an area roughly bounded by Las Palomas Drive on the west and West Skyline Drive on the east.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Each of their faces is bounded by the same number of edges, and the same number of faces meet at each vertex.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026

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